Charlie Needs Braces Album Launch @ Shotkickers
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Charlie Needs Braces Album Launch w/special guest Pirritu
No stranger to Australia’s vibrant music scene, Charlie Woods performs regularly with The Teskey Brothers, Gang of Youths, The Seven Ups, TEK TEK Ensemble’, and ‘WVR BABY’, but now embarks on her own journey of brass and looping, so get ready to immerse yourself in all things Charlie Needs Braces with this album Saltwater People; a collections of songs that will make you dance, stories to help you heal, and everything between.
Having always played on other people's albums and in bands for years, Charlie really wanted to make her own album. Something that always meant a lot to her and inspired by a few things over the past few years that led Charlie to finally create her own album Saltwater People.
“I wanted to celebrate my Aboriginal background, and involve language, tell stories about my mobs culture and traditions in the lyrics and mood of the songs. I also got braces in 2020 and thought it'd be funny to call it 'Charlie Needs Braces' and record my teeth movement as they changed and evolved into shape. I feel like the album and my teeth’s journey started at the same time and developed and evolved together, and funnily enough, I finished the album at the same time as I got my braces and plastic plates off haha.”
Like a river, the history of the GuriNgai people run through all the tracks on Charlie’s debut album Saltwater People; the language, the totems, the instruments, and more, opening with her welcome song Alla Indore and closing with Pride - a testament to Charlie’s grandmother’s trauma and hardship through the colonisation in Australia. Uncovering more stories with 2022 singles ‘Daryung’ and ‘Yanoo’ and title track ‘Saltwater People’, the material meanders through a magical snippet and improvisation of a Bunya Festival for ‘Bunya Interlude’, a celebration where local mobs meet to harvest the bunya nuts together. Charlie doesn’t steer clear of big topics, diving headfirst into ageism in the music industry for ‘Big Bully’ featuring Kesh Yoganathan from 'The No Ego Thing', and internet conspiracies in ‘Misinformation’, while using her loops and trumpet to tell tales of universal and human experiences of feeling trapped, inside a house or inside your mind for ‘Go to Sleep’ and ‘Meteor Shower’.
Get ready to immerse yourself at the Album Launch and in all things Charlie Needs Braces with this record 'Saltwater People'; a collection of songs that will make you dance, stories to help you heal, and everything between.
You can check out her music here:
https://linktr.ee/charlieneedsbraces
Pirritu
Ngiyampaa man and First Nations singer-songwriter Pirritu’s (Brett Lee) music is gentle, honest and from the heart. Strange and melodic chords frame this songwriters vocals that weave around his lyrics like a gentle wind, enticing you into the depths of his personal journey, singing you a story of both sadness, love and hope.
Pirritu (meaning ‘Brett’ in Ngiyampaa Language) was adopted by a non-Aboriginal couple as a newborn baby and raised to be proud of his Aboriginality, to follow his cultural journey and to connect back to family, culture and language - a journey he began when he was 14 years old. Two things drive his continual thirst to connect to his people, country, language and culture - his one year old daughter and his passion for music.
Hot off releasing the first single from his upcoming album, Pirritu has just released his brand new single "Secret Shape".
You can check out Pirritu Music here: